Screening Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinema
Publisher: Demeter Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781926452494
Subjects: Motion pictures, history; Women in motion pictures
Description: "Using a variety of critical and theoretical approaches, the contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny. Collectively, this scholarly investigation provides insights into where women's struggles converge, while also highlighting the dramatically different realities of women around the globe."--